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Salvatore J. Turco

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
76
Citations
15847
World Ranking
5157
National Ranking
2455

Salvatore J. Turco publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 162 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Salvatore J. Turco D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Salvatore J. Turco sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 76 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Salvatore J. Turco is affiliated with the University of Kentucky in the United States. Their academic profile includes involvement in research and activities consistent with a professional career at this institution.

Although there are no recorded recent papers, frequent co-authors, publication venues, or book publications associated with this researcher in the available data, their academic presence is linked to the University of Kentucky.

The available data does not specify main fields or subfields of study, nor does it provide documented main topics of work. No awards or distinctions have been listed in relation to their career.

There is no indication that Salvatore J. Turco is deceased, and thus references to their work are made in the present tense.

Best Publications

  • The lipophosphoglycan of Leishmania parasites

    Salvatore J. Turco;Albert Descoteaux

  • Proposal for a common oligosaccharide intermediate in the synthesis of membrane glycoproteins.

    Phillips W. Robbins;S.Catherine Hubbard;S.J. Turco;Dyann F. Wirth

  • Lipophosphoglycan is a virulence factor distinct from related glycoconjugates in the protozoan parasite Leishmania major

    Gerald F. Späth;Linda Epstein;Ben Leader;Steven M. Singer

  • Use of the green fluorescent protein as a marker in transfected Leishmania.

    D. Sean Ha;James K. Schwarz;Salvatore J. Turco;Stephen M. Beverley

  • Developmental modification of lipophosphoglycan during the differentiation of Leishmania major promastigotes to an infectious stage.

    Malcolm J. McConville;Salvatore J. Turco;Michael A. J. Ferguson;David L. Sacks

  • The role(s) of lipophosphoglycan (LPG) in the establishment of Leishmania major infections in mammalian hosts

    Gerald F. Späth;L. A. Garraway;Salvatore J. Turco;Stephen M. Beverley

  • A Role for Insect Galectins in Parasite Survival

    Shaden Kamhawi;Marcelo Ramalho-Ortigao;Van M. Pham;Sanjeev Kumar

  • Stage-specific adhesion of Leishmania promastigotes to the sandfly midgut.

    Paulo F. P. Pimenta;Salvatore J. Turco;Malcolm J. McConville;Phillip G. Lawyer

  • Glycoconjugates in Leishmania infectivity.

    Albert Descoteaux;Salvatore J Turco

  • The role of phosphoglycans in Leishmania–sand fly interactions

    David L. Sacks;Govind Modi;Edgar Rowton;Gerald Späth

  • Retention and loss of RNA interference pathways in trypanosomatid protozoans.

    Lon-Fye Lye;Katherine Owens;Huafang Shi;Silvane M. F. Murta

  • Stage-specific binding of Leishmania donovani to the sand fly vector midgut is regulated by conformational changes in the abundant surface lipophosphoglycan.

    D. L. Sacks;P. F. P. Pimenta;M. J. Mcconville;P. Schneider

  • Evidence that the vectorial competence of phlebotomine sand flies for different species of Leishmania is controlled by structural polymorphisms in the surface lipophosphoglycan

    Paulo F. P. Pimenta;Elvira M. B. Saraiva;Edgar Rowton;Govind B. Modi

  • A Subset of Liver NK T Cells Is Activated during Leishmania donovani Infection by CD1d-bound Lipophosphoglycan

    Joseph L. Amprey;Joseph L. Amprey;Jin S. Im;Salvatore J. Turco;Henry W. Murray

  • An in vitro system for developmental and genetic studies of Leishmania donovani phosphoglycans.

    Sophie Goyard;Hiroaki Segawa;Jennifer Gordon;Melissa Showalter

  • CHARACTERIZATION OF DEVELOPMENTALLY-REGULATED ACTIVITIES IN AXENIC AMASTIGOTES OF LEISHMANIA DONOVANI

    Yehoshua Saar;Asamoa Ransford;Ella Waldman;Salam Mazareb

  • Lipophosphoglycan (LPG) and the identification of virulence genes in the protozoan parasite Leishmania

    Stephen M. Beverley;Salvatore J. Turco

  • Galactofuranose metabolism: a potential target for antimicrobial chemotherapy

    L L Pedersen;S J Turco

  • Is lipophosphoglycan a virulence factor? A surprising diversity between Leishmania species

    Salvatore J Turco;Gerald F Späth;Stephen M Beverley

  • Persistence Without Pathology in Phosphoglycan-Deficient Leishmania major

    Gerald F. Späth;Lon-Fey Lye;Hiroaki Segawa;David L. Sacks

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen M. Beverley
Stephen M. Beverley Washington University in St. Louis
Albert Descoteaux
Albert Descoteaux Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
David L. Sacks
David L. Sacks National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Richard M. Epand
Richard M. Epand McMaster University
Michael A. J. Ferguson
Michael A. J. Ferguson University of Dundee
Levi A. Garraway
Levi A. Garraway Roche (United States)
Maria Norma Melo
Maria Norma Melo Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Mitsunori Fukuda
Mitsunori Fukuda Tohoku University
Greg Matlashewski
Greg Matlashewski McGill University
Norbert Perrimon
Norbert Perrimon Harvard University

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